Academy Award nominee CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER recently arrived on DVD (Sony Pictures Home Ent., $28.95). Directed by acclaimed Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS), CURSE stars Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li.
Working with his frequent collaborators, cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding, production designer Huo Tingxiao and costume designer Yee Chung Man, the director has created an extravagant action story of love and betrayal. Set in the lavish and breathtakingly colorful world hidden from the eyes of mere mortals behind the walls of the Forbidden City, a tale of a royal family divided against itself builds to a mythic climax, with vfx from MPC and Centro Digital Pictures.
Special features include:* Secrets Within: Making of Featurette* Los Angeles Premiere
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